Ryan Murphy Honours LGBTQ+ Actors In Uplifting Golden Globes Speech

This year, the Golden Globes 2023 was one for the books. From RRR's historic win to show's host Jerrod Carmichael bluntly calling out the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, there was much to cheer for. One such moment was Ryan Murphy's shoutout to Michaela Jaé.

Murphy was honoured at the Golden Globes 2023 ceremony with the Carol Burnett Award and shouted out stars he has worked with in the community who were in the room as "examples of possibility" to "make a point of hope and progress."

Ryan Murphy Golden Globes speech

Murphy ran through some of the highlights of his career -- MJ Rodriguez becoming the first trans actress to win a Golden Globe, seeing Pose star Billy Porter, who introduced him, wearing a black tuxedo gown on the Oscars red carpet, and working with actors such as Niecy Nash, Matt Bomer and Jeremy Pope, who were able to present their true selves on screen, reports Variety.

To open his speech, Murphy shouted out Pose star Michaela Jae “MJ” Rodriguez for becoming the first trans actress to have won a Golden Globe in 2021, the year the show wasn’t televised following the HFPA scandal and awards show boycott.

"When I was a young person at home in the '70s watching 'The Carol Burnett Show', I never ever saw a person like me getting an award or even being a character on a TV show. It's hard being an LGBTQ kid in America. In fact, all over the world, then and now. And I have one word for you, Florida.

"You are often told you will have to hide your light to survive," Murphy continued. "But for those kids watching, tonight I offer up MJ and Billy and Niecy and Matt and Jeremy as examples of possibility. My mission was to take the invisible, the unloved, and make them the heroes I long to see but never did in pop culture."

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